In this feature Martin looks at the Australian pace bowlers who appeared in the interregnum
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When a dear family member was afflicted by the dreaded cancer in 2017, Jairaj Galagali was obviously distraught; juggling a job, home and hospital runs was distressing. The California-based, Indian techie needed to do something to de-stress. The cricket bug that had bitten him years ago came to his rescue and an inspiring idea was […]
Gareth Bland looks at the Yorkshire batting lineage of Joe Root while examining the gap in his illustrious CV: the lack of an Ashes Test hundred
In this feature Martin takes a look at the life of a man who led England four times, but is seldom remembered
Yorkshire’s finest, Geoffrey Boycott, is seldom remembered as a dasher, but he could score as quickly as most of his peers when he put his mind to it
Following his article on Dead Runs, responding to the critics, Peter Kettle puts forward four examples of how he assessed these for Don Bradman
He was always thought of as high-minded, and even Rodney Hogg famously asserted that he “had a degree in people”, but Mike Brearley’s career outside cricket is perhaps singularly unique in the modern age. It was in 2013 that he delivered a lecture at The University of Glasgow that embraced each facet of his professional […]
Gareth Bland recalls the international career of Graham Thorpe, one of England’s most underappreciated batting talents of the last few decades.
Following Forum discussion, Peter Kettle has revised his approach to standardising Test batting averages.
The changes made, and new findings, are presented in this piece.